Yet another lawsuit has been filed against Disney, this time for another waterslide injury.
Typhoon Lagoon
This is the second lawsuit of the sort, as a woman sued Disney for injuries she sustained in 2023 at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. She reportedly went airborne on a waterslide, which caused her to land in the shallow pool of water that gathered at the bottom of the slide. The impact caused “genital lacerations and internal organ damage, requiring two hospital visits for treatment.” Now, a second waterslide-related lawsuit has been filed.
According to Fox35 Orlando, a lawsuit was filed in Orange County, Florida on February 6th by Sarah Carney and attorneys at Morgan & Morgan. On June 17th, 2022, the plaintiff was visiting Animal Kingdom Lodge and went on the waterslide.
DAKL Pool Waterside
At the end of the waterslide, it is reported that Carney hit the bottom of the pool, which caused her to sustain several injuries. Carney said she “suffered bodily injury” that resulted in “pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, permanent and significant scarring, mental anguish, loss of the capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care and treatment, loss of earning, loss of the ability to earn money, and aggravation of a previously existing condition.”
Uzima Pool at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
Carney and her attorneys are suing Disney for failing to properly maintain the premises/waterslide which resulted in a hazard, failing to inspect the premises/waterslide for said hazard, creating an “unreasonably dangerous” situation for the plaintiff, and failing to correct the hazards that led to the unreasonably dangerous situation.
Uzima Pool
Carney and her attorneys claimed that there was no reason that Disney shouldn’t have warned her or other riders of the potential risks involved with going on the slide.
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Wow. That list of losses is a bit far fetched. Can Disney counter sue for lack of common sense? I’ve never hit the bottom of a pool coming out of a slide. Most people start swimming when they exit the slide. Non swimming adults should stay off resort slides designed for kids.
Common sense should tell you, if you have a pre existing condition, stay off the ride. Not hard to understand.
If you are a reasonably sensible adult, you should have good judgement. However, this day and age, I guess it is a foregone conclusion.
I’m fascinated, I don’t need tons of detail but I agree with above, aren’t those slides for kids and there is a life Gard present at all times. I wonder what he saw 🤔
Typical Morgan & Morgan BS….
I’m an adult who loves water slides! I don’t remember if I’ve ever hit bottom or not, but I’ve always had so much fun on them. I’ve never lost my ‘capacity for the enjoyment of life’. I wonder how long it took lawyers to come up with that little prize? This is disgusting. That slide isn’t even long or that steep. The only thing that would stop these frivolous lawsuits would be for judges to throw them out and make the lawyers and the people complaining pay all of the court costs.